FAAN explains reasons behind leakages of MMIA terminal roof

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has explained reasons behind the present leakages experienced from the roof at the “D Wing” of the Terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, which has caused discomfort for passengers and airport users.

According to the authority the licking roof was a result of the on-going works at the MMIA, Lagos.

Henrietta Yakubu, acting general manager, FAAN in a release said that the upgrade is coming at the heels of the Executive Order issued recently by the Presidency aimed at “Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria”, and the authority is doing everything possible to improve the quality of her services in line with the Order.

According to Yakubu, “consequently, upgrade of facilities is on-going in different areas at the International Terminal building of MMIA Lagos and as a result we are experiencing challenges as we have to keep up with our core operations going on while the upgrade continues.

“Sequel to this on-going works, we recently experienced some leakages from the roof at the “D Wing” of the Terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, owing to a heavy rain accompanied by wind storm.

“This is directly connected to the civil engineering works going on at the roof top at that location, which temporarily interrupted our engineers who are replacing the old roof members with new ones at that instance.  It was practically impossible to work at that location due to its altitude and slipperiness while the rains lasted, but work immediately resumed after the rain subsided, and the integrity of roof was restored.”

She stated that the defect did not affect operations in any way, and assured passengers, airport users and the general public of the authority’s commitment to a safe, secure and improved facilitation at the nation’s airports.

Yakubu added that the management in compliance with government policies has since initiated practical steps to improve on safety and security architecture of the nation’s premier airport and also improve comfort and passengers experience.

 

IFEOMA OKEKE